The first Prague Beer Week was held between 3 and 9 October through a series of events around town with beer (or craft pivo , as they said in their press release, sigh! ) as their only, rather flimsy, connection. It culminated at the weekend with the Grand Finále , a tasting festival at Kulturní Sportovna in Smíchov; the only event I attended, on Friday. ( Disclaimer: I had a press pass, which meant that I didn't have to pay the 100 CZK admission fee, was given 5 tokens and the glass without paying the deposit. To be honest, I wouldn't have gone otherwise. I'm not keen on tastings—I much prefer drinking—and, mainly, because I'm against paying a admission fee so I can get into a place to buy beer.) Kulturní Sportovna is a repurposed old warehouse next to the Na Knížecí bus station that doesn't seem to have been refurbished much beyond what was needed to make it functional. It was the perfect venue for an event of this kind: welcoming, rustic, unpretentious and...
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